Event List

Ready for an afterschool treat? Kids can join our monthly cooking class to learn basic cooking skills and practice following a recipe. Registration is required for this class and i...

This month, we're making cake balls and DIY sprinkles!  This event was rescheduled from May 2. The registration is limited.

Interact with your child as we use books, songs, music, finger plays, and flannel boards to build early literacy skills. Designed for children from 18 months through preschool and ...

Join us as we partner with Tippi Toes for this FREE fun, high-energy dance class! Music, movement, balance and the basic dance steps will be introduced in a friendly and positive w...

Rhythm and Rhymes is a passive, musical play time for children and their caregivers to explore sounds through instruments, toys, and other materials. Perfect for ages 2-5, but...

Ready for an afterschool treat? Kids can join our monthly cooking class to learn basic cooking skills and practice following a recipe. Registration is required for this class and i...

This month, we're making butter! There will be some shaking and dancing to get our butter churning, so come ready for a work out. 

Stop by the youth services area between 10am-Noon for a quick craft! This is a drop-in program for kids, so no registration is necessary. Available while supplies last.  ...

This month, we are making DIY Buttons! Come color and design your own button, or bring in a picture/magazine image to be made into a button. 

Interact with your child as we use books, songs, music, finger plays, and flannel boards to build early literacy skills. Designed for children from 18 months through preschool and ...

Test your engineering skills with LEGO building challenges, LEGO-themed crafts, and even more LEGO fun at JPL's LEGO Party! Great for kids in k-5.

Get ready to move at a special storytime that will get you and your kids up on your feet! This is a high-energy story time for kids of all ages.

Come join us in expending some pent up energy in this specially designed active playtime for little ones. Have fun jumping, crawling, and balancing through a pint-sized obstacle co...

Create your own colorful, squishy toy (like a stress ball, but better). This program will get messy, so please dress accordingly. Registration is required. (Grades K-5)

Local author Tiffany Lauer will be bringing the star of her picture book series, Elvis the Pony, to JPL for a special event full of stories, pets, and animal facts. This event will...

Interact with your child as we use books, songs, music, finger plays, and flannel boards to build early literacy skills. Designed for children from 18 months through preschool and ...

Grab your bestie and get to the library! Make a friendship bracelet, create matching charm necklaces, or make a memory at our BFF photo booth. No registration is required for this ...

Visit us at various parks throughout Johnston this summer, weather permitting. Sign-up for a library card, choose a free book, create a fun craft, and participate in our Summer Lib...

Get ready to move at a special storytime that will get you and your kids up on your feet! This is a high-energy story time for kids of all ages.

A variety of Play-Doh, tools, and mats will all be available during this program as well as information for parents on the benefits of using Play-Doh during regular play time. Perf...

Calling all heroes! Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a table top role-playing game (TTRPG) that promotes creativity and problem solving skills. We will be learning the basics of...

This show will even make your hair stand up! You will experience items disappearing in clear liquids with our refraction oil and see the power of a Van De Graaff generator, but no ...

Interact with your child as we use books, songs, music, finger plays, and flannel boards to build early literacy skills. Designed for children from 18 months through preschool and ...